Allison Esterson, 8 of Ridgley, MD carries an enormous stuffed animal that she won on the Midway Friday afternoon at the Delaware State Fair.

Midway carnival games worker Daniel Ketchham of Oley, PA balances a basketball on his fingertips as he beckons Delaware State Fair goers to try their luck.

Folks line up ready to buy their admission tickets to the 96th annual Delaware State Fair Friday afternoon.

Ron and Susan Boucher of Bristol, CT enjoy an ear of tasty sweet corn as they stand in the shade outside of the Exhibit Hall Friday.

Delaware State Fair performer Kid Davie dumps a cup of pretend popcorn onto the head of Cami Kovack, 3 of Westville, NJ Friday.

Amberlynn Elkey, 10 of Milford wants ALL the fire balls inside the Candy Castle Friday afternoon at the Delaware State Fair.

Eva Waligorski, 6 of Salisbury, MD and pal Elle Trinidad, 8 of Cherry Hill, NJ wear painted faces Friday as they enjoy the Delaware State Fair - An American Classic.

Lacey Lynn Lafferty, 10 of Laurel was overjoyed that the Delaware State Fair is back for its 96th year

Liam Keen, 14 of Smyrna shines up one of the many huge John Deere tractors on display before the doors open at noon Thursday.

Heather Dotson of Camden fills up a wheelbarrow full of shavings to prepare for the arrival of her animals Thursday during Opening Day

Colton Larsen, 3 of Milford throws his head back and smiles toward the sun after receiving a brand new cowboy hat to wear Thursday afternoon during Opening Day at the Delaware State Fair.

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In a few short days, these stands will be full of folks cheering on those famous racin' Hollywood Pigs

Trina Stump of Dover, right, and Jane Long of Delmar had a very difficult task to perfrom on Tuesday - judging homemade decorated cupcake entries at the Delaware State Fair Tuesday.

Rosemary Zimmerman of Harrington, right, and Samantha Kirk, 19 of Laurel judge bar cookies entries inside the Dover Building Tuesday morning at the Delaware State Fair.

Local professional photographers Mike Baker of Magnolia and Dolores Michaels of Harrington judge photography entries inside the Dover Building Tuesday.

From right, Dottie Dempsey of Cheswold spent her Tuesday judging peanut butter fudge with Rachel Taylor of Marydel and her daughter Mary.

Mary Ann Stumpf of Felton, left, and Donna Phelps of Bowers Beach are veterans at judging cross-stitching and needlepoint entries.

Brian Pennington of Greenwood hangs a giant Delaware flag from the ceiling of the Schabringer Pavilion Tuesday morning as hundreds of folks prepare the 96th Delaware State Fair in Harrington for Thursday afternoon's big opening day.

Wade Shows workers move a mini-helicopter which is part of one the many rides along the Midway for children of all ages to enjoy in Harrington.

This Wade Shows employee had a big job ahead of him checking hundreds of colorful lights on one of the rides at the Delaware State Fair Tuesday morning.

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